Celtic went into the Feyenoord Europa League tie with a very strange starting line-up.
Martin O’Neill’s Celtic starting XI had the inclusion of Hyunjun Yang and Luke McCowan as Michel-Ange Balikwisha and Sebastian Tounekti were both left on the bench.
Yang’s inclusion ahead of Balikwisha was an unexpected one, considering the Democratic Republic of Congo international winger was brought in to strengthen the side.
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McCowan took the place of Tounekti which surprised many Celtic supporters considering the Tunisian has been the club’s main attacking threat.
And here, Celtic boss Martin O’Neill explains the reasoning behind his team selection in the crucial Europa League tie that saw the Bhoys batter Feyenoord 3-1 in Rotterdam.
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The Celtic boss watched his team batter Feyenoord in De Kuip and here, O’Neill explains the strategy behind playing Luke McCowan on the right side in what looked like an inverted full-back role.
O’Neill told Celtic TV, “I think the balance is always something that you’re trying to grasp all the time.
“I think this is the most important thing to try and get balance into the side. And since, you know, obviously, since Forrest has gone out the side, we don’t really, essentially have an out and out right winger in that sense.
“So let’s play an inverted role. Luke, can come in and do that there? He made a good impression when he came on in Saturday night.”
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And as for Yang, O’Neill appears to have great faith in the South Korean winger as he tells him he needs to find his consistency for Celtic now.
O’Neill continued, “And Yang also, you know, helped make the goal in many aspects. So it’s really for them.
“I think it’s the more general point is for players to go and show what they can do. That’s the most important thing. No bigger stage here than European football in that sense.
“Yang has ability, but it’s to produce that ability, not just once in a lifetime, but produce the ability every single week, and be the player that your capability shows that you have.”
At first, it looked like O’Neill’s team selection had backfired after Feyenoord took an early lead, but Celtic battled back superbly as Yang and McCowan put in a superb shift to ensure three crucial Europa League points were taken back to Glasgow.
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